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Landscape

Sunday December 22, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – One weather options this winter seems to be heavy rain and fog. These are actually pretty good conditions for landscape photography. Here are three images taken with my Leica Monochrom and 1958 Dual Range Summicron lens.

Fog on the Lake
Fog on the Lake
Fog on the Lake
Fog on the Lake
Fog on the Lake
Fog on the Lake

Om this day last year: Jasper Johns.

Jasper
Jasper
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Landscape

Sunday December 8, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Reflection captured with my Leica Monochrom.

Reflection
Reflection

On this day one year ago: Fog.

Fog
Fog
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Landscape

Saturday December 7, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – This is Pearl Harbor Day. I wasted a few hours refreshing my knowledge of the Pacific war. In Marine officers Basic School in Quantico the Pacific campaign was (and is) taught island by island but my knowledge has gotten rusty so I did a self-guided refresher. Here’s a remarkable YouTube video of the landing on Tarawa, the Marines’ first opposed landing in the Pacific with terrible losses and important lessons learned for the rest of the campaign. Names like Tarawa, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima resonate deeply with me.

Anyway here’s a picture of our house here. Six frames stitched taken with my Leica Monochrom and a 35mm Summicron Asph. lens.

Warren
Warren

On this day one year ago: FAO Schwartz.

FAO Schwartz
FAO Schwartz
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Interior Landscape

Saturday November 30, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – A low energy day. But there was a moment of lovely light in our bathroom here, which I captured with my Leica Monochrom and 18mm Super Elmar lens.

Bathroom
Bathroom

On this day last year: Spin.

Olive plate
Olive plate
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Landscape

Friday November 29, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Dull light for most of the day but late afternoon the sun broke through to illuminate the farm that we overlook. Taken with my Leica Monochrom and 90mm lens.

Tanner farm
Tanner farm

On this day last year:

Flair
Flair

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Events and holidays Family and friends

Thursday November 28, 2013 Thanksgiving

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. It’s not commercial and is a lovely long weekend for family and friends. This year Alexander and Laura (and Baby V) celebrated it with Laura’s family so Maria, Francesca and I joined some friends who are just down the road a bit in here in Warren. I contributed the turkey to the festivities, never one of my favorite dishes, as well as some braised mushrooms and gravy. Here’s a Thanksgiving gallery.

Dusting of snow
Dusting of snow
Guests arrive
Guests arrive
Activity
Activity
More Activity
More Activity
Table
Table
Food Glorious Food
Food Glorious Food
A rare misfire
A rare misfire

On this day last year: A nice look up.

Express
Express
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Landscape

Wednesday November 27, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – More fog. Leica Monochrom and a major legacy lens. I’ve told the story of this lens previously. The lens cell was made by Carl Zeiss Jena in 1945. The Soviets relocated the Carl Zeiss business to Kiev as war reparations. The lens cell was put in a Leica screw mount focusing mount and sold in the west, probably on the gray market. It’s a remarkably high performance lens with a lovely signature, one of few in existence. It’s rendering works particularly well on gray days.

More fog
More fog
Late fall planting
Late fall planting

On this day last year: The Opera.

The Opera
The Opera
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